Environmental Predictors of Personality Differences: A Twin and Sibling Study

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-183

  Vernon, Philip A ^a   Jang, Kerry L ^b   Harris, Julie Aitken ^a   McCarthy, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030641493     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.72.1.177     Document Type: Article

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